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We are both so unabashedly biased that our eyes can no longer be trusted.

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I'm not unbiased enough to say it might not work out. I'm just getting pissed at people not giving it a chance. Everton are spending money because they want to be in the Top 6. You have to take risks. Liverpool made a bunch of shitty purchases just 4-5 years ago/City put a bunch of money to people that didn't work out when they started building 10 years ago. But getting "Bigger" names in helped bring in more. If we overpaid a little bit, it's because we had to. I'm just becoming a little defensive because it seems like people are making fun of us because we are trying to actually achieve something for the first time in 20 years.
Edit: And like I've said. CB was the biggest need in this squad, so getting two good defenders, that may be great or may not be, is huge for us.

I'm not unbiased enough to say it might not work out. I'm just getting pissed at people not giving it a chance. Everton are spending money because they want to be in the Top 6. You have to take risks. Liverpool made a bunch of shitty purchases just 4-5 years ago/City put a bunch of money to people that didn't work out when they started building 10 years ago. But getting "Bigger" names in helped bring in more. If we overpaid a little bit, it's because we had to. I'm just becoming a little defensive because it seems like people are making fun of us because we are trying to actually achieve something for the first time in 20 years.
Edit: And like I've said. CB was the biggest need in this squad, so getting two good defenders, that may be great or may not be, is huge for us.

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The team is doing the right thing to make the jump. My only concern for Everton, both last year and this, was the Bale 7 effect. You take a lot of shots, many miss, but most will take a few seasons to integrate into the team and get the right chemistry. It took time for those Bale 7 surviving players, a fluke academy product putting it all together in Harry Kane, and the right manager to put Tottenham in consistent top 4 contention. You've got to take these chances and when people say "overpaying" or anything like that, caring about transfer fees is stupid. Unless the fee will bankrupt the team, it isn't important. Wage structure can be a talking point, that actually changes players' attitudes and desires.

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Yeah, so we are on the same page then. Most people we are bringing in this year are in positions of need, or fillers until we have kids ready from the academy Zouma gives Holgate one more year to really be ready. This may not be a top 6 year. But it could be if your team gels and next year we don't have to spend as much because the bulk of the needs were met this year. Last year was admittedly a disaster but that was because all of our signings were high wages and not really any positions of need, but rather luxury.

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But really, if you watched the games, Davinson kicked ass, picture perfect last ditch tackles all over the place. Incredible job. Are those metrics focused on overall performance (including goals) or just defensive performance?

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Sebastian Rudy given permission to leave Bayern, with Schalke being the probable destination. Would leave Javi Martinez as the only true 6, but the roster has 4,694,101 other midfielders, so I’m sure it could be overcome.